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Chiwen
18th August 2006, 07:50 AM
Command/Apple Key = http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7491/cmdrr5.gif


Startup Shortcuts

Press X during startup -Force Mac OS X startup
Press Option+Command+Shift+Delete during startup - Bypass primary startup volume and seek a different startup volume (CD, external disk, etc)
Press C during startup -Start up from a CD that has a system folder
Press N during startup -Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot)
Press T during startup -Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode
Press Shift during startup - start up in Safe Boot mode and temporarily disable login items and non-essential kernel extension files (Mac OS X 10.2 and later)
Press Command+V during startup -Start up in Verbose mode.
Press Command+S during startup -Start up in Single-User mode



Finder window

Command+W Close Window
Option+Command+W Close all Windows
Command+Right Arrow Expand folder (list view)
Option+Command-Right Arrow Expand folder and nested subfolders (list view)
Command+Left Arrow Collapse Folder (list view)
Option+Command+Up Arrow Open parent folder and close current window.



Menu commands - (Menu located in)

Shift+Command+Q (Apple Menu) Log out
Shift+Option+Command-Q (Apple Menu) Log out immediately
Shift+Command+Delete (Finder Menu) Empty Trash
Option+Shift+Command-Delete (Finder Menu) Empty Trash without dialog
Command+H (Finder Menu) Hide Finder
Option+Command+H (Finder Menu) Hide Others
Command+N (File Menu) New Finder window
Shift+Command+N (File Menu) New Folder
Command+O (File Menu) Open
Command+S (File Menu) Save
Shift+Command+S (File Menu) Save as
Command+P (File Menu) Print
Command+W (File Menu) Close Window
Option-Command+W (File Menu) Close all Windows
Command+I (File Menu) Get Info
Option+Command+I (File Menu) Show Attributes Inspector
Command+D (File Menu) Duplicate
Command+L (File Menu) Make Alias
Command+R (File Menu) Show original
Command+T (File Menu) Add to Favorites
Command+Delete (File Menu) Move to Trash
Command+E (File Menu) Eject
Command+F (File Menu) Find
Command+Z (Edit Menu) Undo
Command+X (Edit Menu) Cut
Command+C (Edit Menu) Copy
Command+V (Edit Menu) Paste
Command+A (Edit Menu) Select All
Command+1 (View Menu) View as Icons
Command+2 (View Menu) View as List
Command+3 (View Menu) View as Columns
Command+B (View Menu) Hide Toolbar
Command+J (View Menu) Show View Options
Command + [ (Go Menu) Back
Command + ] (Go Menu) Forward
Shift+Command+C (Go Menu) Computer
Shift+Command+H (Go Menu) Home
Shift+Command+I (Go Menu) iDisk
Shift+Command+A (Go Menu) Applications
Shift+Command+F (Go Menu) Favorites
Shift+Command+G (Go Menu) Goto Folder
Command+K (Go Menu) Connect to Server
Command+M (Window Menu) Minimize Window
Option+Command+M (Window Menu) Minimize All Windows
Command+? (Help Menu) Open Mac Help
Command+Space Open Spotlight



Taking pictures of the Screen

Command key + shift key + 3
Creates a picture file of the entire screen.
Command key + shift key + 4
Creates a picture file of a rectangular selection of the screen. (After pressing and releasing the key combination, drag across the part of the screen you want to take a picture of.)
Command key + shift key + 4 + caps
Creates a picture file of a window. (After pressing and releasing the key combination, click the window you want to take a picture of.)



Change keyboard layout

Command key + option key + space bar
Rotates through keyboard layouts. Go to the Keyboard control panel "options" to turn this on.
Command key + space bar
Switches to default keyboard layout. (Also rotates through enabled WorldScript script systems when in an active script.)
Command key + right
Changes the keyboard layout to the current layout of Roman script.
Command key + left
Changes the keyboard layout to the current layout of the system script.

If you have any Mac Related Questions, feel free to pm me.

Maija
18th August 2006, 11:37 AM
Command + ! = 10,000 free tokens.

Chiwen
19th August 2006, 06:40 AM
:O Now that's something I'm gonna have to try!